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A documentary about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre not only explains the full story of the shameful attack on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa tha...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:23
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Mark Hummel has been a carrier of the Harmonica Blues torch for over 50 years.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Vanderhoop, Credit: MV Times
Guests include: Vineyard news of the week with Vineyard Gazette managing editor Bill Eville plus…David Two Arrows Vanderhoop and Matt Scinto.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:48
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Recorded at Decca Studios late one night into the early morning hours in 1947, three Chicago musicians reminisced their former times in early 20th ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:52:28
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When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:05
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His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:47:41
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Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:17:15
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How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:18
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Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 53:24
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Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:34:42
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Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:32
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Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:14:23
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Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:43
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Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:29:21
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Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:39
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His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
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When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:43
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These three musicians changed the public's view of the Blues.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:49
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Will Rogers had friends in big business, but that did not make them immune from his criticism.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Rogers had a lot to say about elections

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Rogers begins to incorporate humor and commentary to stand out over other trick ropers.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
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Artists and bands that recorded "Blues" which may very well surprise you!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
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Once upon a time on the Mississippi Delta...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 53:41
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These three Kings of the Blues

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 55:45
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They tired and were weary of the depressed South and Migrated to the City of Promise, Chicago.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 56:50